Damn. I had been dying to start a thread entitled "there's a hole in our road dear Lisa dear Lisa". But I can reveal the conspiracy. Those jealous people on the wrong side of the tracks, first of all stole all our grit so we in UDB could not escape during the snow. Now they are digging up our road.

I am well impressed at the rate of progress. It reminds me of a (late and great) Norman Wisdom film, where Mr Grimshaw is the gaffer, and they spend most of their time in the workman's hut having tea.

So us poor souls in the heights cannot drive to the Wood Vale shops, and worse still to our local boozer, the Moore Park Tavern.

An alternative theory is that it is either Libyan students, or the lady selling the big issue, who dunnit. Bet you can't find the subtle poetic link to the first suspects, Michael.

Oh, and if locals have noticed that there is now more space on the pavement, that is because one cycle vigilante moved all the Harris fencing back last Friday to create more space. Our hero! No, don't thank BD, all in a day's work.